Light earthquake, 4.6 mag strikes near El Morro in Mexico

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 11 kilometers (7 miles) from El Morro in Mexico on Tuesday. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:31:09 / 4:31 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 35 km, -95.4813° West, 16.1283° North. Exact time and date of earthquake 23/06/20 / 2020-06-23 16:31:09 / June 23, 2020 @ 4:31 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000ahbh. Id of event: us6000ahbh. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Colonia Rincón Viejo, Las Amilpas, Matías Romero (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 31 km (19 miles) from Salina Cruz (c. 73 600 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Juchitán de Zaragoza (c. 67 600 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Santo Domingo Tehuantepec (c. 37 400 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from San Jerónimo Ixtepec (c. 23 200 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Matías Romero (c. 21 100 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Crucecita (c. 15 100 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Unión Hidalgo (c. 12 700 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 11 km WNW of El Morro, Mexico.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.6 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-95.4813° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	16.1283° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	35 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	11 km WNW of El Morro, Mexico	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-06-23 16:31:09	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-06-23 17:24:05	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	reviewed	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	326	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	us	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used		The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	3.216	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.92 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	147	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mb	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us6000ahbh	Id of event.
Event Code	6000ahbh	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000ahbh,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.6 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-95.4813° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

16.1283° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

35 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

11 km WNW of El Morro, Mexico

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2020-06-23 16:31:09

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2020-06-23 17:24:05

Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT

Timezone offset

Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.

Felt

The total number of felt reports

CDI

The maximum reported intensity for the event.

MMI

The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.

Alert Level

The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.

Review Status

reviewed

Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.

Tsunami

This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.

SIG

326

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.

Sources

,us,

A comma-separated list of network contributors.

Number of Stations Used

The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.

Horizontal Distance

3.216

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

0.92 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

147

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us6000ahbh

Id of event.

Event Code

6000ahbh

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,us6000ahbh,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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